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2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Tower Hamlets council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 1. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.

Election result

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Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 -8 68.6 45.7 52,200 -8.5%
  Liberal Democrats 16 +9 31.4 30.6 34,928 +4.7%
  Conservative 0 0 0 15.1 17,210 +4.8%
  Green 0 0 0 4.7 5,399 +4.7%
  Independent 0 0 0 2.0 2,338 -1.3%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 1.1 1,224 +1.1%
  New Britain Party 0 0 0 0.4 470 +0.4%
  BNP 0 0 0 0.3 366 -2.0%

Ward results

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Bethnal Green North

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Bethnal Green North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Azizur Khan 1,224
Liberal Democrats John Griffiths 1,192
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson 1,097
Labour Stephen Beckett 878
Labour Raja Miah 866
Labour Diana Johnson 833
Green David Cox 233
Green Anna Hoad-Reddick 202
Conservative Sajjadur Rahman 196
Conservative David Ceasar 185
Conservative Brajendra Chaudhuri 167
Green Neil Thompson 166
BNP William Wren 162
Socialist Alliance Glyn Robbins 119
Turnout 7,520

Bethnal Green South

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Bethnal Green South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sirajul Islam 1,385
Liberal Democrats Akikor Rahman 1,384
Labour Salim Ullah 1,331
Liberal Democrats Nurul Karim 1,309
Labour Raymond Marney 1,281
Liberal Democrats Robert Waites 1,252
Conservative Shahin Ahmed 239
Conservative Anamul Haque 201
Green Jonathan Hackett 190
Conservative Nicholas Sellick 181
Green Peter Howell 177
Green Gizelle Rush 166
Turnout 9,096

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

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Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lutfur Ali 876
Labour Julia Mainwaring 865
Labour Anthony Sharpe 793
Conservative Tim Archer 568
Conservative Patricia Napier 534
Conservative Simon Rouse 497
Liberal Democrats Barrie Blandford 350
Liberal Democrats Alison Sanderson 310
Liberal Democrats Richard Ottaway 248
Independent Eric Pemberton 215
Turnout 5,256

Bow East

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Bow East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Gipson 1,248
Liberal Democrats Nigel McCollum 1,204
Liberal Democrats Marian Williams 1,155
Labour Rupert Bawden 519
Labour Alexander Heslop 493
Labour David Guppy 475
Green Jessica Lack 136
Green Benjamin Holt 125
Conservative Alastair Holmes 120
Conservative Susanna Webb 116
Green Volker Heineman 112
Conservative Timothy Hudspith 99
Turnout 5,802

Bow West

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Bow West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow 1,350
Liberal Democrats Hilary Phelps 1,149
Liberal Democrats Martin Rew 1,115
Labour Ala Uddin 946
Labour Belle Harris 939
Labour Geoffrey Thorington-Hassel 887
Green Janice Cartwright 280
Green Sandra McLeod 275
Conservative Kazi Alam 225
Socialist Alliance Sheila McGregor 168
Conservative Francis Brown 155
Conservative Simon Gordon-Clark 153
Turnout 7,642

Bromley-by-Bow

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Bromley-by-Bow (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Edgar 1,650
Labour Abdul Sardar 1,641
Labour Khaled Khan 1,586
Liberal Democrats Brian Abson 353
Liberal Democrats Abdul Mannan 320
Liberal Democrats Phyllis Sheehan 310
Green Matthew Corbishley 225
Conservative James McLachlan 204
Conservative Barbara Perrott 186
Conservative Robert Neill 178
Green Hidr Yildirim 132
Turnout 6,785

East India and Lansbury

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East India and Lansbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ali Ahmed 1,015
Liberal Democrats Rajib Ahmed 869
Labour Kevin Morton 771
Labour Ron Harley 756
Liberal Democrats Harry Pavitt 583
Liberal Democrats Robert Wallace 583
Socialist Alliance Kambiz Boomla 261
Conservative Peter Golds 253
Conservative Gareth Kennedy 239
Conservative Gillian Thomas 196
Independent Mohammed Haque 178
Turnout 5,704

Limehouse

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Limehouse (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kumar Murshid 1,026
Labour Judith Gardiner 1,003
Labour Ashton McGregor 917
Liberal Democrats Russell Neale 414
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Langley 413
Socialist Alliance Mark Weeks 391
Conservative Philip Briscoe 377
Conservative Antonio Bello 364
Liberal Democrats Richard Winfield 358
Conservative Christopher Godfrey 339
Turnout 5,602

Mile End and Globe

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Mile End and Globe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jainal Chowdhury 1,108
Labour Rofique Ahmed 1,042
Liberal Democrats Barrie Duffey 1,008
Liberal Democrats Rosina Tucker 950
Labour Sharmin Shajahan 778
Labour Graham Taylor 727
Conservative Jahidul Hoque 326
Green Christopher Coombes 267
Green Amelia Gordon 218
Conservative Michael Fletcher 217
Conservative Mohammad Karim 174
Green Jeremy Hicks 156
Turnout 6,971

Mile End East

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Mile End East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helal Rahman 1,326
Labour Morin Uz-Zaman 1,303
Labour Abdus Salique 1,254
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Rahman 792
Liberal Democrats Bernard Cameron 791
Liberal Democrats Rick Pollock 739
Conservative John Livingstone 242
Conservative Simon Armand-Smith 233
Conservative Stephen Charge 213
Independent Bill Wakefield 103
Turnout 6,996

Millwall

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Millwall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Amos 1,089
Labour Betheline Chattopadhyay 986
Labour Mumtaz Samad 970
Conservative Philip Groves 446
Conservative Paul Ingham 422
Conservative Alison Newton 420
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cuthbert 313
Liberal Democrats Jean Stokes 245
Liberal Democrats Kevin McDonald 241
BNP Gordon Callow 204
Socialist Alliance Susan Gibson 200
Turnout 5,536

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green

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St Dunstan's and Stepney Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ataur Rahman 1,232
Labour Nasir Uddin 1,226
Labour Mohammed Uddin 1,105
Conservative Hafizur Rahman 828
Conservative Shamim Choudhury 566
Conservative Muhammade Hoque 518
Liberal Democrats Paula Palmer 418
Liberal Democrats George Crozier 393
Liberal Democrats Mohibur Rahman 300
Green Miriam Dodd 269
Green Craig Williams 261
Green Frances Schwartz 216
Turnout 7,332

St Katharine's and Wapping

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St Katharine's and Wapping (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Jones 1,082
Labour Shafiqul Haque 1,049
Labour Richard Brooks 1,034
Conservative Kevin Noles 842
Conservative William Norton 766
Conservative Toby Vintcent 733
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Ahmed 470
Liberal Democrats Marian Elsden 345
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Sugden 318
New Britain Party Dennis Delderfield 259
New Britain Party John Divito 211
Turnout 7,109

Shadwell

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Shadwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Manir Ahmed 1,265
Labour Michael Keith 1,188
Labour Abdus Shukur 1,076
Liberal Democrats Nanu Miah 512
Conservative William Crossey 429
Conservative Richard Powell 402
Liberal Democrats Catherine Buttimer 395
Conservative Maxwell Rumney 334
Liberal Democrats Gary Marsh 327
Turnout 5,928

Spitalfields and Banglatown

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Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helal Abbas 936
Labour Ghulam Mortuza 848
Labour Lutfur Rahman 846
Conservative Mohammed Rahman 400
Conservative Pir Quium 345
Conservative David Webb 272
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Hussain 255
Green Keith Magnum 198
Liberal Democrats Melvin Ramsay 198
Liberal Democrats Alas Uddin 186
Independent Muhit Ahmed 157
Green Annika Sanders 146
Independent Ismail Malik 137
Green Kerry Seager 130
Independent Alexander Vracas 124
Independent Sultan Ahmed 53
Turnout 5,231

Weavers

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Weavers (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Abdul Matin 1,588
Liberal Democrats Louise Alexander 1,397
Liberal Democrats Timothy O'Flaherty 1,298
Labour Sirajul Islam 925
Labour Humaiun Kobir 919
Labour Eric Taylor 732
Conservative Mohammed Kadir 295
Green Benjamin Hancocks 204
Green Marc Weaver 184
Green Stephen Wood 159
Conservative Jane Meehan 145
Conservative Joanna Noles 137
Independent Matt Bass 51
Turnout 8,024

Whitechapel

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Whitechapel (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Asad 1,263
Labour Fanu Miah 1,142
Labour Doros Ullah 1,125
Conservative Mostafa Miah 592
Conservative Shafique Miah 475
Conservative Monsur Ahmed 466
Independent Mohamed Ahmed 462
Independent Shamsuddin Ahmed 451
Independent Anu Miah 407
Liberal Democrats Deborah O'Flaherty 212
Green Jacqueline Goodman 205
Green Brendon O'Connor 200
Liberal Democrats Sajaul Karim 174
Green Melina La Firenze 167
Liberal Democrats Gulam Hossain 162
Socialist Alliance Philip Billows 85
Turnout 7,588

References

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